Maximum number of concurrent missions?

[Fith]

What are the maximum number of concurrent missions you can accept at a time. With Station building missions I like to accept lots in a few close sectors then complete them all. However some of them are missing from the list and I am being told that I have failed the 'missing' missions...


Is there any way to get back the missing missions so that I can complete them?

[Carlo the Curious]

There's no limit, as far as I know.

Are you sure they didn't just time out?

[Gold Dragon]

Theoretically, no limit.

Logically, tho... unlikely.

I agree with Carlo, tho. Most likely the mission timer ran out, and you got a rep hit with someone.

[Fith]

Definitely did not, as the shortest time left on any mission was 14 minutes and was completed successfully, then I had a 'where's my station' complaint shortly followed by an upity Boron fail notice. I had not completed all the mission at that point. Now I have I am expecting a few more from at least 5 missing.

I'm talking 25+ station missions accepted plus a few more rolling along.


Is there a display List limit though....

[Ripskar]

Are you sure the stations were placed correctly?
Too far from the beacon and they don't accept it.
Always use [5] to hit the target.

[Fith]

Are you sure the stations were placed correctly?
Too far from the beacon and they don't accept it.
Always use [5] to hit the target.

Sorry but you don't seem to understand the OP. I'm not having problems with completing Station building missions. I accepted 25+ missions before starting the first one. Now some of the missions are missing from the mission list [P/Enter]. I have now completed all missions showing in the list, but have had a boron 'fail a mission' for not completing a station that was NOT displayed.



I will test out and let you know what I find....

[Fith]

After a quick Test it appears you can only display 30 mission at a time. Accepting more means that they disappear from the list never to be seen again, but are still active, and so you fail them.

lesson learned.

[Advisers]

Thank you for telling us.

[Lorric]

the mission list [P/Enter].

Or just F8 iirc.

[Kirlack]

the mission list [P/Enter].

Or just F8 iirc.

There is no default key binding for the missions page, you need to set it the options menu. I bind mine to F12.

Nice to know there IS a cap on the number of missions I can accept though, good job Fith

[Fith]

Nice to know there IS a cap on the number of missions I can accept though, good job Fith

Just to clarify that Kirlack;

There is NO limit to the number of missions you can ACCEPT. The Mission display only shows 30. Once you accept 31+, they disapear off the Mission display NEVER to return, but they are still ACTIVE. You CAN NOT cancel them as they do not appear in the display. If you write them down, as far as I know and can remember from the quick test, the GUIDANCE does not show either so completion is almost imppossible.

[Kirlack]

Just like they used to be in X2 and X3(R) then :-p Thanks for the clarification, I seem to be having trouble of late being consice

[jlehtone]

Just like they used to be in X2 and X3(R) then :-p

Not quite. X2/X3R did write the mission objectives to Player Log, so they were visible somewhere. Then again, finding 30+ missions in X2/X3R is a nasty ordeal.

[Fith]

As to why I had 30+ missions active...

I was hunting for the Aran in UFJD space in an M7m [which I have just found and boarded successfully] and noticed that a lot more missions appeared after repeated UFJD jumps than if you move in and out of each system.

I was picking Build missions due to the completion times being long, while I was hunting the Aran. Also I was already in the process of building up the NPC stations to trade with in the border sections.

For those that haven't used the method, I have TL's stationed at all the major Shipyards so that I don't have to repeatedly jump a ship to buy different race station. I build up a mission list so that I can buy multiple stations for each TL, then jump them in as necessary.